Scars branded Paul as a bondservant of Christ. He earned these visible markings by his fidelity to Christ. Although our bodies may limit us, they can be the best showing of our faith. The way we live, act and use our earthen vessel are the scenes of Christianity that the world sees on daily baizes that teaches them about God before they hear His word.
“From now on let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.” Galatians 6:17 NKJV
“Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness—” 2 Corinthians 11:23-27 NKJV
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